Ch. 8: Metabolism
Metabolism: All of the chemical reactions in a cell
Running and maintaining organism
2 components:
o Anabolism: building of things
Requires energy
o Catabolism: breaking down things
Releases energy
Energy: The capacity to do work (movi

Ch. 1 The Magic of Biology
Fibonacci: Created Fibonacci sequence: 1, 1, 2, 3, 5, 8, 13, 21 (1+1=2, etc)
When you divide the numbers by each other, you will converge at approx. 1.618
Called the Golden Ratio
o Most everything on earth exists in this perfect

Ch. 3 Water: What is it good for?
Water is life as we know it
Water is the biological solvent on Earth
All organisms require water
Living cells are always found surrounded by water
Cells = 70- 95% water
Molecular water wrap-up
Water is a polar molecule
Po

Ch. 14 Genetics, Genes, and Inheritance
Heredity: the transmission of traits from one generation to the next
How does this happen?
o 1800s: The blending hypothesis of heredity
Traits from both parents mix together like 2 colors of paint
o Gregor Mendel

Alternative hypothesis testing: Evolution vs. Creation
(Convergence or Design)
Evolutionary Convergence: two unrelated organisms are similar because they have adapted to similar
environments
Similarity due to homology: two related organisms are similar be

Evolution by natural selection in the Galapagos
1. Darwins father objected to his trip on HMS Beagle
a. Voyage reflects badly on future prospects as a member of the clergy
b. 5-year voyage
2. Diversity of life on the Galapagos
Three conditions required fo

The Origin of Species
I.
II.
Speciation, the origin of new species, is a focal point of evolutionary theory
a. Must explain how speciation happens
Biological species concept
a. States that a species is a group of populations whose members have the
potenti

9.28.2016
Population Models (exponential vs logistic)
I.
II.
III.
How does the number of individuals change over time?
a. Population size is the result of an interplay between processes that add individuals to a
population and those that remove them.
i. P

DON'T TAKE IT UNLESS YOU HAVE TO. Study every night. Seriously. 25% don't pass.

Course Term:Fall 2016

Professor:Art Woods

Course Required?Yes

Course Tags:Go to Office HoursAlways Do the ReadingParticipation Counts

Nov 01, 2016

| Would recommend.

Not too easy. Not too difficult.

Course Overview:

Art Woods is a great professor and does a wonderful job at making the material interesting and elaborates in ways that makes it easy to understand. One downfall is that the class is in a large lecture hall so there isn't much professor/student interaction.

Course highlights:

Through this course I learned the basics needed to continue in understanding for the biological field. I gained strong building blocks for a more in depth education in my major and learned everything from population ecology to why proteins stop working when they're overheated. This class builds a solid foundation for biology education.

Hours per week:

0-2 hours

Advice for students:

Make sure you go to class and participate in the polls and take your time to do well on the Mastering Biology assignments. Some of the questions from those end up on the exams so it's helpful to know the answers by doing them correctly in the first place.

Course Term:Fall 2016

Professor:Art Woods

Course Required?Yes

Course Tags:Great Intro to the SubjectMany Small AssignmentsParticipation Counts

Oct 27, 2016

| Would recommend.

This class was tough.

Course Overview:

Our class was taught by three seperate people thoroughout the semester. This can be difficult as right when you get used to one professors specific style of teaching the next professor steps in. On the other hand, it was good when there was a professor who was extremely difficult and fast in her lectures to get to move on to a professor at a slower pace. The material is fun, but it is difficult.

Course highlights:

It touches on evolution and then jumps to things at a molecular level. I strongly recommend going to class. It's easy to want to skip because there are so many people in the class (500), but it's very easy to get off track and not being able to understand what's going on.

Hours per week:

12+ hours

Advice for students:

To succeed you must be serious about this class. This is not a good general ed class because it get very in depth in the cellular and molecular aspects of biology. You definitely need some knowledge of chemistry.